A Metro Police officer was hospitalized this morning after being T-boned while driving through an intersection in the northeast valley, police said.
The police car had its lights and siren activated when it was hit about 6:30 a.m. at Rancho and Vegas drives, Lt. Charles Jenkins said. The officer suffered minor injuries, he said.
The intersection was shut down after the crash but reopened about 9:40 a.m., according to the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada.
Additional information was not immediately available.